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In the world of fashion, what’s old is frequently made new again. As such, we mined the annals of history in search of some fresh faces. And, what do you know, our time warp casting call turned up plenty of the sort of fierce attitudes (and high cheekbones) that define modern fashion advertising.

11Alexander the Great

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Alexander was a practitioner of the ultimate extreme workout: empire building. Hand-to-hand combat is great for building muscle mass. Given that the Macedonians weren’t known for their prudery, "the Great" probably wouldn’t have too much of a problem offering some of his rippling bronzed flesh up to the lens in the name of the new skin care line. Right?

10Augustus Caesar

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Though the promise of a lucrative contract shilling designer duds might not be enough to coax Octavian into giving up the Roman empire and stepping into our fashion time warp, with those chiseled cheekbones, it’d sure be worth a try. He certainly posed for enough statues.

8Montezuma

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Time for this Aztec emperor to avenge himself in a way that doesn’t entail restricting tourists to bottled water. How better to stick it to Western expansion than by appearing in air-brushed splendor above Times Square, attired only in the latest intimate apparel? OK, so there are probably better ways, but really, when traveler’s diarrhea is named after you, anything’s an improvement.

7Sir Walter Raleigh

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No stranger to high fashion, the English explorer could easily be the fresh face of the season with his cupid’s-bow lips and sensitive eyes. After a bath and a good delousing, of course. You know those Elizabethans.

5Johannes Brahms

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Comfortable in the higher echelons of society, this composer could certainly rock a suit. And some major hair.

4Shaka

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Though this Zulu chief’s lifestyle may say "ruthless," his abs say "swimsuit season." If we can convince him to trade his loincloth for some Lycra shorts—and keep him from spearing the stylist—we’ve found the face of the resort collection.

3Jesse James

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Bad boys are always in. Why not, then, avail ourselves of an actual outlaw? His refined bone structure and devil-may-care attitude might lend just the edge we need to make the fall line pop in the latest glossies. Of course, wrestling the trigger-happy bandit off of his horse and into the time warp is going to be a bit of a trial.

2Mark Twain

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Mr. Clemens may have evolved into a style icon in his own right in his later years—who wouldn’t recognize his white suits and matching shock of hair?—but we want the younger version. Squeeze this mustachioed Narcissus into a pair of skinny jeans and he’ll practically bleed hipster irony.

1Shi Pei Pu

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Androgyny is in, and as such, this gender-bending spy is prime for exploitation. Contemporary double threat Andrej Pejic—who models both men’s and women’s clothing—would have some real competition from Shi, whose talents extended beyond cross-dressing to opera singing and espionage. See if that little whiff of scandal doesn’t sell a few pairs of slacks.